TOPEKA – Wednesday, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment directed local WIC offices to limit the issuance of WIC checks to only those checks dated October 2013 and to withhold checks dated November and December until further notice due to the ongoing federal government shutdown. KDHE is able to fund WIC purchases made with October checks; however, the agency cannot at this time guarantee its backing of grocery purchases made with checks dated November and December because it cannot predict the end of the shutdown.This applies to Barton County and all other counties in the state, the Barton County ...

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